AN EPITOME 

OF 

FACTS AND EVENT 

RELATIVE TO THE 

Founding of the Order , 

Native Daughters of th( 
Golden West 



COMPILED BY 

THE CHARTER MEMBERS OF URSULA PARLOR 
No. 1, N. D. G. W. 



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Copyrieht 1917 by 

LILLY O. REICHLING DYER 

Washington, D. C. 



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To the little city of Jackson belongs the honor of being the 
birth-place of the noble. Order of Native Daughters of the Golden 
West, the great sisterhood of native-born California women 
which has grown from its humble beginning in the foothills of 
Amador County to a mighty army of earnest workers for the 
civic and social development of our wonderful Western Empire 
on the shores of the Pacific. 

This distinctively Californian organization was founded in 
Jackson on Saturday, September 11, 1886, as the result of a call 
issued to native-born California women by Miss Lilly O. Reich- 
Img, to whom the Grand Parlor has accorded special honor as 
the Founder of the Order. 

At the first meeting, held in Pioneer Hall, Jackson, on the 
above date, thirteen names were signed to the list of women 
enrolling themselves as members of the Order. These names, 
in the order of their enrollment, are as follows: 

Ellen Boarman, Maggie Stasal, Rose Stasal, Nellie Fonten- 
rose, Emma Boarman, Amy Badere, Kittie Murray, Agnes 
Leonard, Celia Murray, Lilly 0. Reichling, Hettie Greenhalgh, 
Flora Dunning and Rose Genaro. 

Of these, the first two no longer retain their membership in 
the Order ; the third. Miss Rose Stasal, is now a member of Buena 
Vista Parlor, San Francisco, while Amy Badere, Kittie Murray 
and Celia Murray have answered the Last Call. All the others 
are still active members of Ursula Parlor Number One. 

The following is a certified copy of the original minutes of 
the preliminary meeting held on September 11th, 1886, as the 
same appear upon the official records in the possession of the 
Fcecording Secretary of Ursula Parlor No. 1 : 

MINUTES OF THE PRELIMINARY MEETING OF NATIVE 
DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST. 

Jackson, September 11, 1886. 

Pursuant to a call issued by Lilly 0. Reichling, reading, — 

"Miss is most cordially requested 

to be present at the N. S. G. W. Reading-Room at precisely 
1 :30 P. M., Saturday, September 11, 1886," 
a meeting was held in Pioneer Hall, Jackson, Amador County, 
California, on Saturday afternoon, September 11, 1886. 
About twenty young ladies were present. 
Miss Reichling presided. She explained that her object in 
calling the meeting was to try to form an Order of California 
women to be known as "Native Daughters of the Golden West." 



She stated that if she could secure the names of twelve of those 
present she would feel assured of being able to organize. 

After a lengthy discussion as to the feasibility of the plan, 
the following thirteen names were signed in the order here set 
forth : 

Ellen Boarman 

Maggie Stasal 

Rose Stasal 

Nellie Fontenrose 

Emma Boarman 

Amy Badere 

Kittie Murray 

Agnes Leonard 

Celia Murray 

Lilly O. Reichling 

Hettie Greenhalgh 

Flora Dunning 

Rose Genaro 

After consultation, it was decided to permanently organize 
on Saturday, September 25, 1886, and the meeting adjourned 
until one thirty o'clock in the afternoon of that day. 

Lilly O. Reichling, 

Temporary Chairman and Secretary. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, i 
County of Amador. ^^' 

Emma Boarman Wright, being duly sworn, deposes and says : That she is 
the duly elected, qualified and acting Recording Secretary of the Ursula Parlor 
No. One, Native Daughters of the Golden West; that she is the custodian of the 
records of said Parlor, and that the foregoing is a true and literal copy of the 
INlinutes of the Preliminary Meeting of the Native Daughters of the Golden 
West held on September ii, 1886, as the same appear upon the Parlor Records 
in her possession. 

And Winnie Lucot, being duly sworn, deposes and says : That she is the 
duly elected, qualified and acting President of Ursula Parlor No. One, Native 
Daughters of the Golden West ; that she has read and compared the foregoing 
copy of the Minutes of the Preliminary Meeting of the Native Daughters of 
the Golden West with the original record in the possession of the Recording 
Secretary, and that the same is a true and literal copy thereof. 

EMMA BOARMAN WRIGHT, 
. WINNIE LUCOT. 

Subscribed and 'sworn to before me 
this i6th day o^ ''September, 1916. by 
Emma Boarman Wright as Recording 
Secretary, and Winnie Lucot as Presi- 
dent, of Ursula Parlor No. One, N. D. 
G. W. 
[i.. s.] JAS. JAY WRIGHT, 

Notary Public in and for the 

County of Amador, State of California. 



Pursuant to the adjournment ordered at the preliminary 
meeting, a second meeting was held in Pioneer Hall, Jackson, at 
2 :30 P. M. on Saturday, September 25, 1886, for the purpose of 
organization. 

By request Judge Curtis H. Lindley presided at this meeting, 
Miss Lilly O. Reichling acting as Secretary. 

The first business transacted was the selection of a distinc- 
tive name for the Parlor. The name "Ursula" was proposed by 
Miss Lilly O. Reichling, and the name "Minerva" by Miss Ellen 
Boarman. The name "Ursula" was favored by the majority, and 
was accordingly selected and ordered inserted in the Constitu- 
tion. 

The Constitution was then read, section by section, and with 
few alterations was approved. Among other provisions deter- 
mined at this time were the fixing of the minimum age at eigh- 
teen years and the decision to require five black balls to reject an 
applicant. 

Election of officers being next in Order, the following were 
nominated and elected by acclamation : 

Past President, Miss Lilly O. Reichling. 

President, Mrs. C. L. Kane. 

1st Vice President, Mrs. Mattie L, Freeman. 

2nd Vice President, Mrs. Mary Folger. 

3rd Vice President, Mrs. Lizzie Lindley. 

Recording Secretary, Miss Maggie Stasal. 

Financial Secretary, Mrs. Amy Badere. 

Treasurer, Miss Kittie Murray. 

Marshal, Miss Flora Dunning. 
The selection of Trustees was deferred until the next meet- 
ing. 

A vote of thanks was tendered to Judge Lindley for his kind 
aid, after which the meeting adjourned to Saturday, October 9, 
1886. 

At this second meeting, the following names were added to 
the roll : Ella Caminetti, Tina L. Kane, Olga Reichling, Mary 
Folger, Mattie L. Freeman and Lizzie M. Lindley. Of these, Mrs. 
Caminetti and Mrs. Folger are the only survivors who retain an 
active membership in the Mother Parlor and in the Order. 

On this date, therefore, — September 25, 1886, — Ursula Par- 
lor No. 1, N. D. G. W., was formally instituted with a membership 
of nineteen, as above named. The charter remained open until 
October 29th, 1886, at which time the charter list, bearing thirty- 
three names, was formally closed. 

Between the date of organization and the month of June, 
1887, seventeen parlors were formed and instituted throughout 
the State by officers and special representatives of Ursula Parlor, 



which, as the Mother Parlor, reserved the right of institution 
until that right was surrendered to the Grand Parlor which con- 
vened in the month of July, 1887. 

This body met in San Francisco, pursuant to an agreement 
known as "The Plan," and formed a permanent organization, 
adopted a Constitution, and selected a full corps of Grand Offi- 
cers. The first Grand President was our own beloved Tina L. 
Kane, of bler,sed memory, honored as Senior Past Grand Presi- 
dent of the Order. Thereafter, the power of institution became 
vested in the Grand Parlor; but the first seventeen Parlors in- 
stituted after the birth of the Order in Jackson were chartered 
and formally established by Ursula Parlor. 

The second Parlor to be instituted, after the Mother Parlor, 
was Minerva Parlor No. 2, and thereafter followed Alta Parlor 
No. 3, both of San Francisco. Of the original Parlors chartered 
by Ursula, eight still remain active, — Minerva No. 2, Alta No. 3, 
and Oro Fino No. 9 of San Francisco; Joaquin No. 5, of Stock- 
ton; Laurel No. 6, Nevada City; Bonita No. 10, Redwood City; 
Marguerite No. 12, Placerville, and Eschol No. 16, Napa. 

Of the thirty-three names on the charter roll, five only have 
died, fourteen have severed their relations with the order, one 
has transferred to another Parlor, and 13 are still active mem- 
bers of Ursula Parlor. They are : 

Lilly 0. Reichling Dyer, the Founder, Washington, D. C. 

Eliza Ellington Caminetti, Past Grand President, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

Emma F. Boarman Wright, Past Grand Trustee, Jackson. 

Nellie Fontenrose, Jackson. 

Flora Dunning Podesta, Jackson. 

Mary Folger Sloan, Jackson, 

Henrietta Greenhalgh O'Neill, one of the first deputized in- 
stalling officers under "The Plan," Jackson. 

Rose Genaro Carley, Jackson. 

Agnes Leonard, Jackson. 

Alice Peek Jones, Jackson. 

Mellie Peek, Jackson. 

Annie Fullen Magee, Mare Island. 

Christina Rickert Charleston, Sumner, Washington. 

The undersigned, charter members of Ursula Parlor No. 
One, N. D. G. W., in good standing in the Order and in said Par- 
lor, having read the foregoing statement, hereby certify the same 
to be a true and correct statement of the facts therein set forth. 

Nellie Fontenrose Flora Dunning Podesta 

Emma Boarman Wright Rose Genaro Carley 

Agnes D. Leonard Mary W. Folger Sloan 

Lilly 0. Reichling Dyer Alice Peek Jones 

Henrietta Greenhalgh O'Neill Mellie Peek 



STATE OF CALIFORNIA, i 
County of Amador. J ' 

On this i6th day of September, A. D. 1916, before me, Jas. Jay Wright, 
a Notary Public in and for the said County, residing therein, duly commissioned 
and sworn, personally appeared Nellie Fontenrose, Emma Boarman Wright, 
Agnes Leonard, Henrietta Greenhalgh O'Neill, Flora Dunning Podesta, Rose 
Genaro Carley, Mary W. Folger Sloan, Alice Peek Jones and Mellie Peek, per- 
sonally known to me to be the same persons described in and whose names are 
signed to the within document, and being duly sworn, each for herself and not 
one for the other, deposes and says that she has read the statement preceding her 
signature, and knows the contents thereof; that the same is true, and that she 
signed the same. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
my Official Seal at my office in the City of Jackson, in said County and State, the 
day and year in this Certificate first above written. 

[i<. s.] JAS. JAY WRIGHT, 

Notary Public in and for the 
County of Amador, State of California. 



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_ STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 
City and County of San Francisco. 

On this igth day of September, A. D. 1916, before me, M. A. Brusie, a 
Notary Public in and for the said City and County, residing therein, duly com- 
missioned and sworn, personally appeared Lilly O. Reichling Dyer, personally 
known to me to be the same person described in and whose name is signed to 
the within document ; and being duly sworn deposes and says that she has read 
the statement preceding her signature, and knows the contents thereof; that 
the same is true, and that she signed the same. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
my Official Seal at my office in the City and County of San Francisco, State 
of California, the day and year in this Certificate first above written. 
[i<. s.] M. A. BRUSIE, 

Notary Public in and for the City and County 
of San Francisco, State of California. 
My Commission expires Sept. 24, 1918. 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, | 
County of Amador. P^' 

Emma Boarman Wright, Recording Secretary of Ursula Parlor No. One, 
N. D. G. W., and Winnie Lucot, President of Ursula Parlor No. One, N. D. G. 
W., being duly sworn, each for herself, and not one for the other, deposes and 
says: That she is the duly elected, qualified and acting officer above described; 
that the within named Nellie Fontenrose, Emma Boarman Wright, Agnes 
Leonard, Lilly O. Reichling Dyer, Henrietta Greenhalgh O'Neill, Flora Dunning 
Podesta, Rose Genaro Carley, Mary W. Folger Sloan, Alice Peek Jones and 
Mellie Peek are Charter members of said Ursula Parlor No. One, N. D. G. W., 
in good standing in the Order and in said Parlor. 

EMMA BOARMAN WRIGHT, 
Recording Secretary Ursula Parlor 
No. I, N. D. G. W. 

WINNIE LUCOT, 
President of Ursula Parlor No. i, 
N. D. G. W. 
Subscribed and sworn to before 
me this i6th day of September, 1916. 
[l s.] jas. jay WRIGHT, 

Notary Public in and for Amador 
County, State of California. 



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